The following Employment Cost Index files are on the BLS internet in the subdirectory pub/time.series/ec: contact.doc - Contacts for BLS surveys ec.compensation - Comp_code mapping file ec.data.0.Current- Employment Cost Index data for current year ec.data.1.AllData- All Employment Cost Index data ec.doc - General information ec.group - Group_code mapping file ec.ownership - Ownership_code mapping file ec.period - Period_code mapping file ec.periodicity - Periodicity_code mapping file ec.series - All series and their beginning dates Both of the above data files (ec.data.0.Current & ec.data.1.AllData) have the following format: series_id period | | --------- --- ECU12803Q 1993 Q01 0.3 ---- --- | | year value The series_id can be broken down into: Series ownership_code | comp_code | | | | -- - - EC U 1 280 3 Q - - - | | | | group_code | seasonal periodicity_code CODE DEFINITIONS Series: EC - Employment Cost Index seasonal: U - unadjusted data S - seasonally adjusted data comp_code: 1 - Total Compensation 2 - Wages and salaries 3 - Benefits group_code: Industry, occupation classification codes see pub/time.series/ec/ec.group for a detailed explanation of all group codes. ownership_code: 1 - Civilian 2 - Private 3 - State and Local government periodicity_code: I - Index Q - 3 month percent change A - 12 month percent change period: Q01 - 1st Quarter Q02 - 2nd Quarter Q03 - 3rd Quarter Q04 - 4th Quarter Q05 - Annual Average (NOT USED)